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Dr Bhavana K R

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Feb 4, 2026, 7:14:00 AM (12 days ago) Feb 4
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Respected Vidwajjanaah, 


Namaskara. I read about Jati Alankara in Saraswati Kanthabharana of Bhoja raja. It is the beauty that non sanskrit languages like prakrit brings about in Kavya. Is there any other reference for Jati Alankara? Any other author called it by any other name ? Kindly help. 

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Namaskara 

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Nagaraj Paturi

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Feb 4, 2026, 8:35:04 AM (12 days ago) Feb 4
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Jaati Alankaara is also called as Svabhaavokti Alankaara. 

Using Prakrit for the suitable characters is only a sub variety within Svabhaavokti alankaara or Jaati alankaara. 

Broadly , it is the beauty arising from naturalist or realist presentation of entities or creatures or persons. 

Linguistic realism is a sub variety within Jaati or beauty arising out of naturality in poetic description/representation. 

      

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Dr Bhavana K R

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Very useful sir. Thanks a lot

Dr Bhavana K R

K S Kannan

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Feb 4, 2026, 11:02:38 AM (11 days ago) Feb 4
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Harṣacarita 
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K S Kannan

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सन्ति श्वान इवासंख्या 
      जातिभाजो गृहे गृहे ।
उत्पादका न बहवः 
      कवयः शरभा इव ॥

Prabhu

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Feb 7, 2026, 3:54:25 PM (8 days ago) Feb 7
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Namāmsi Dr Bhavana K R

Please see  जाति /  स्वभावोक्ति  examples taken up in "व्यकतिविवेक" of महिमभट्ट , such as:
ग़्रीवाभङ्गाभिरामं मुहुरनुपतति स्यन्दने बद्धदृष्टिः
पश्चार्धेन प्रविष्टः शरपतनभयाद् भूयसा पूर्वकायम् ।
दर्भैरर्धावलीढैः श्रमविवृतमुखभ्रंशिभिः कीर्णवर्मा
पश्योदग्रप्लुतत्वाद्वियति बहुतरं स्तोकमुर्व्यां प्रयाति ॥
grīvābhaṅgābhirāmaṃ muhuranupatati syandane baddhadṛṣṭiḥ
paścārdhena praviṣṭaḥ śarapatanabhayād bhūyasā pūrvakāyam |
darbhairardhāvalīḍhaiḥ śramavivṛtamukhabhraṃśibhiḥ kīrṇavartmā
paśyodagraplutatvādviyati bahutaraṃ stokamurvyāṃ prayāti ||
Ref:
The VyaktiViveka of Śrī Rājānaka Mahimabhaṭṭa - Ed. Prof. Rewāprasāda Dwivēdī (1964) pg454/455
  ( https://archive.org/details/vyaktivivekatherajanakamahimabhattacss/page/454/mode/1up and
    https://archive.org/details/vyaktivivekatherajanakamahimabhattacss/page/455/mode/1up )
Also in Kannada : ಆಚಾರ್ಯಮಹಿಮಭಟ್ಟ ಪ್ರಣೀತ ವ್ಯಕ್ತಿವಿವೇಕ, ಅನುವಾದ ವಿದ್ವಾನ್‌ ಎಚ್‌. ವಿ ನಾಗರಾಜರಾವ್‌ pg379 (2013)

Regards
Prabhu
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